Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-03-12

not. fareWell Jlll Une Dawn u
And in great grandeur he stalked
off to bed. A thing is not worth do
ing at all if it is not worth doing well,
and this our student knew. To have
stayed and watched for the result of
his audacious piece of foolery would
have been too severe trial for him.
So he went to bed and laughed; and
then somehow the laughter thinned
away. And he was just beginning
to reproach himself when he dropped
off to sleep.
In themorning therecame a knock
ing at his door. ,...
"Who's there"
at is long past dawn" said the
hostess.
"What do you want ?"
"My daughter had never fit last
night"
"Nor will she have again. TITS
we'll" said the stranger, as impress
lively as he could manage.
When he came down he found the
breakfast ready.
81 desire no breakfast" he said, 81
cannot pay YOU"
"Pay me !" said the hostess. "You
have given me my daughters life,
and it is I should pay you. You are
welcome to all you have had and all
you can take now"
The charm had had its effect. The
girls nervous nature had yielded to
the mans stronger will, and the ague
had been defeated. And, what is
more, the sickness did not return to
her.
The student miracle-wOrker there
fore finished his breakfast, and with
profuse thanks from the mother and
child, rode away. He never saw the
widow again. But from the mo-
ment he caught the last glimpse of
her out in the road at the end Of the
avenue of elms, whose Imply hang
ing leaves were trembling to fall, he
dated a new life. He returned to col
lege to work. In February, 1863, he
was called to the bar, and rose quick
ly into notice as a first-rate lawyer
and successful advocate. He became
Recorder of London, to be removed
from his office by James II. for his
opposition to the court measures and
when William III. sought the fittest
man to purify the bench and make
the law respected, he chose for the
lord chief:justiceship of England the
curer of the landlady's daughter
Sir John Holt.
How he fulfilled his duties during
the twenty.one years he held his posi-.
ton we can leave to Macauly and the
other historians to tell. He stood uI
for the law against the encroachment
of monarch and parliament, and he il
was who set the example of that spirit
and temper which has distinguished
our judges ever since. When Lore
Somers left the chancellorship it wa;
offered to Sir John, but he declined
it. He felt that hehad found the pos
for which he was most fitted.
The year 100 was a memorable
J. one for him for another reason. Al
he sat trying prisoners at the assize'
a woman was brought before hin
charged with witchcraft. Old anC
haggard and miserable she stood il
the dock, literally hunted down. Tht
. charges against her of curing cow
, and horses and women and men by
throwing spell over them seemed
, to be clearly proved. The evidenc,
could not be shaken, and the woman
herself admitted that she had exer
| cised an influence as described Sh,
was found guilty, but before the lord
| justice passed sentence he asked he
if she had anything to say in defens
} of herself.
"Only that it is true, your lordship
, They asked me to lend them m,
; charm and lent it to them, and nov
= they have turned against me-"
3 "What is this charm"
'Itis this, my lord'' said she, slip
t ping off her wrist tiny roll ofparch
| ment. "It was given to me fort,
l years ago by a stranger who cure,
t me of the ague. He told me it woul,
, thenceforth cure everything, and S
. it has done" t3l
1 And up to the judge, who was abou
t to sentence her to death, was give
e the packet he himself had made i
e the inn. This was the end of his ad
:. venture. There was the eta, zetf
e etc, that he had scrawled; and h
: was the tempter and originator of tn
h charm for using which he was